Susanna Goodale's Sampler
Susanna Goodale's Sampler
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- Description
- This sampler by Susanna Goodale, is stitched with linen embroidery thread on a cotton ground with a thread count of warp 42, weft 36/ in. The stitches used are cross and tent. It is unusual to see the word “performed” on a sampler, mostly it is “wrought by.” The inscription is: “Performed by Susanna / Goodale Thetford August 5th.” Thetford is in Vermont.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Embroidery, Sampler
- sampler
- Physical Description
- cotton (overall ground)
- linen (overall thread)
- Measurements
- overall: 8 7/8 in x 8 3/8 in; 22.5425 cm x 21.2725 cm
- ID Number
- TE.E388922
- catalog number
- E388922.000
- accession number
- 182022
- Credit Line
- Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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